HWP 127: Play Your Best Players

The Minnesota Wild are still scuffling along, sitting out of a playoff spot even after a 2-1 week. We take a look at some roster shake-ups and other news with our friend Luke Solberg (EvolvingWild) of Hockey Graphs.

Luke joins our show to discuss the team's issues, potential strategies to improve, and also these topics:

• Looking at the Nate Prosser - Kyle Quincey swap
• Investigating the thought process behind the Quincey move
• Are the new rules impacting the Wild?
• The sorry state of the Wild's depth
• Nino Niederreiter still not getting enough ice time
• Joel Eriksson Ek returns- will he get the help he needs?
• Jared Spurgeon's injury
• Matt Dumba partnering with Ryan Suter
• Jonas Brodin's rough season
• Is Nate Prosser going to block Minnesota's younger defensemen?
• Evaluating Ryan Murphy
• Why won't the Wild use 4 forwards on the power play?
• Minnesota's 3-on-3 OT changes

And more!

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